About:

Instructor Dana Sedatole is a Music Education Specialist with the Michigan State University College of Music. Serving as the Associate Director of Bands at the University of Houston Moores School of Music since 2019, she brings more than 35 years of teaching experience. Prior to her leadership with the University of Houston, Sedatole was the Director of Bands at Oak Ridge High School in Conroe, Texas. During her six-year tenure with the high school, the band received numerous awards including Runner-Up in the TMEA 6A Honor Band Competition, UIL State Marching Contest qualifier and a two-time National Wind Band Honoree.

Sedatole started her teaching career as the Assistant Band Director at Monterey High School in Lubbock, Texas and later became the Director of Bands at Evans Junior High. She moved to San Antonio, Texas in 1992 to become the Director of Bands at Wood Middle School. While at the middle school, her Wind Ensemble was a two-time TMEA Honor Band Finalist. In 2001, she was named the Director of Bands at Judson High School in Converse, Texas, where the band she directed experienced regular success, including being named an Area Honor Band Finalist, performing at the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival and the National Youth Concert in Carnegie Hall.

Sedatole is a graduate of the School of Music at Texas Tech University where she was a student of then Director of Bands, James Sudduth. After completing her degrees, she studied with Director Emeritus Eddie Green at the University of Huston. Dana is an active clinician and adjudicator across the country and is currently serving as President of the Texas Music Educator’s Association. She maintains professional affiliations with the Texas Bandmasters Fraternity, American Bandmasters Association, Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity, Texas Music Adjudicators Association and serves on the Board of Trustees for The Foundation for Music Education.